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		<title>Update Overdue</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jan 2011 21:59:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re alive!&#160; We are home with our baby girl who was in the NICU for a few months.&#160; I think I&#8217;m consolidating blogs so check out heatherbrandt.com unless you hear otherwise from me&#8230;I&#8217;m hoping that it will be easier to keep up with just 1&#160; blog that gives glimpses into our life and my photography [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=russianblessings.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1773058&amp;post=1369&amp;subd=russianblessings&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Update on Baby Girl</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Oct 2010 02:52:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are all three here visiting our sweet D every day in the NICU.&#160; WE are praying that our home state will quickly approve us to bring home D once she is released from the hospital&#8230;.The state where she was born has already approved &#38; our home state is insisting that we first submit the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=russianblessings.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1773058&amp;post=1358&amp;subd=russianblessings&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>We&#8217;ve Almost Met Goal!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Oct 2010 18:43:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://brandtadoption.wordpress.com/make-tax-deductible-gifts/We lack only $1190.11 now for our agency fees due this month. Thanks to all who have given so far through our adoption fund Lifesong for Orphans! Click on link below to give(please follow their instructions there)&#8230; To Make Tax-Deductible Gift Thanks for your prayers &#38; support! Heather &#38; Alan<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=russianblessings.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1773058&amp;post=1357&amp;subd=russianblessings&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Update on Bringing D Home!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Oct 2010 13:29:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We now only lack $1457.33 for the placing agency fees we still owe. You can still give this week by paypal or check to our adoption fund Lifesong for Orphans. We&#8217;re so thankful for all who have give gifts so far.&#160; Any amount can help!&#160; Click on the link for instructions on making tax-deductible gift [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=russianblessings.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1773058&amp;post=1355&amp;subd=russianblessings&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Clarification on Adoption Process</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Oct 2010 19:34:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For those wondering, our D is really our baby! We are waiting on her to grow healthy &#38; be discharged from the hospital and we are are waiting on ICPC clearance which allows us to cross state lines. Our adoption will be finalized within 6-9 months once the post-placement requirements(visits) have been met.&#160; Please keep [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=russianblessings.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1773058&amp;post=1354&amp;subd=russianblessings&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Update on Fundraising!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Oct 2010 18:21:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are receiving a $5000 no-interest loan from the ABBA Fund &#38; have raised $1897.67 so far through Lifesong (includes $100 from the jewelry sale). SO we only lack $1957.33 more for the placing agency fees owed this month! Please consider making a gift to help us raise these fees that will help us to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=russianblessings.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1773058&amp;post=1349&amp;subd=russianblessings&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Help Bring Baby D Home!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Oct 2010 13:23:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Friends &#38; family have given $1897.67 so far through our adoption fund with Lifesong for Orphans! We only lack $6957.33 for the placing agency fees still due! Thanks to all who have given &#38; remember you can still make a tax-deductible gift of any size&#8230;Click here to make a gift to help bring our preemie [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=russianblessings.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1773058&amp;post=1348&amp;subd=russianblessings&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Edited: Good News &amp; Prayer Requests!</title>
		<link>http://russianblessings.wordpress.com/2010/10/12/good-news-prayer-requests/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Oct 2010 15:28:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Good news! We have been matched yesterday with a baby girl who was born premature on 9/28. Heather&#8217;s traveling to visit her @ hospital tonight through the weekend. We are still short $13,255 for placing agency fees  which are due a.s.a.p. To give, check out our Lifesong link &#38; make a tax-deductible gift  of any [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=russianblessings.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1773058&amp;post=1341&amp;subd=russianblessings&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Update</title>
		<link>http://russianblessings.wordpress.com/2010/10/10/update-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Oct 2010 02:37:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are weird by American standards&#8230; we don&#8217;t have cable or satellite television&#8230;.our current TV is one of those regular heavy TVs not a LCD or flat screen model&#8230;Colin doesn&#8217;t know&#160; most of the kids&#8217; TV shows unless it is one he&#8217;s seen on PBS and most days we don&#8217;t pick up the signals for [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=russianblessings.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1773058&amp;post=1340&amp;subd=russianblessings&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Link Love&#8230;.</title>
		<link>http://russianblessings.wordpress.com/2010/10/02/link-love/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Oct 2010 13:27:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, I&#8217;m sharing some links that I think are worth checking out! Mary Ostyn, an adoptive mama who blogs at Owlhaven, recently blogged about her experience at the Together for Adoption Conference.&#160; Karen Purvis, who is absolutely my favorite adoption parenting expert, spoke at the conference.&#160; Visit the blog postings to get a glimpse of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=russianblessings.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1773058&amp;post=1336&amp;subd=russianblessings&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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